Qin Kou'er looked up at Lan Linxue, blinked, and asked with some confusion, "I already said I wanted to marry you, why are you still asking this?!"

"Are you sure you want to marry me? Didn't you say you wanted to marry the Crown Prince? You said it yourself!" Thinking of this, Lan Linxue immediately felt extremely uncomfortable.

He turned around and stared intently at Qin Kou'er: "Hurry up and tell me if you like me or not?"

"Is this question important?" Qin Kou'er rarely saw Lan Linxue so serious, but it seemed that she had never seriously thought about this question before.

"Very important! Extremely important! Absolutely important!" Lan Linxue had to get an answer today, otherwise, if he wasn't the crown prince one day, wouldn't she be cheating on him again?

Seeing how serious Lan Linxue was, Qin Kou'er thought about it carefully, then smiled slightly, crossed her arms over her knees, tilted her head to look at him, and asked with a smile, "Tell me first if you like me, and then I'll tell you!"

"Qin Kou'er!" Lan Linxue was furious again!

Qin Kou'er didn't care at all. She leisurely crossed her little feet and said slowly, "I never do business at a loss! If you don't want to say, then forget it. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry!"

Lan Linxue's eyebrows furrowed immediately. Pointing at Qin Kou'er, she gritted her teeth and said, "You shrew! You miser! You money-grubber!"

Qin Kou'er nodded. "You're right! I am a shrewd and miserly merchant! Tell me, do you like me or not?"

Lan Linxue stared at Qin Kou'er for a long time, feeling tightness in her chest and shortness of breath!

Finally, he suddenly pulled the blanket over himself, completely covering himself, and collapsed onto the bed, intending to never have anything to do with that damned woman, Qin Kou'er, again.

This time, Qin Kou'er wasn't going to let him off the hook. She bent down, grabbed the blanket, and tried to pull this big turtle up. "Lan Linxue! Tell me, do you like me or not? If you don't tell me, I'll use some methods!"

"I won't talk!" Lan Linxue shouted angrily from under the covers while Qin Kou'er pulled the blanket over herself.

"If you don't tell me, I'm going to punish you?" Qin Kou'er pulled the blanket even harder.

"I'd rather die than tell!" Lan Linxue stubbornly guarded her blanket, preferring death to dishevelment.

"Take off your clothes! Throw them out! You'll lose your face!" Qin Kou'er continued to escalate the threat.

"Anyone who dares to look at me will have their eyes gouged out!"

Seeing that Lan Linxue refused to come out, Qin Kou'er stopped trying to pull him away. Staring at the bulging quilt, she smiled slightly and got off the bed.

He walked to the desk, glanced at the brush holder, then picked up the thickest wolf-hair brush and returned.

Seeing that Lan Linxue would rather die than come out, Qin Kou'er smiled mischievously, then carefully pulled back the blanket and gently tickled the soles of Lan Linxue's feet with a wolf-hair brush.

"Ouch! It itches! Hahahaha..."

Lan Linxue couldn't stand it, so she quickly pulled her foot back, turned around, lifted the blanket, and sat up.

When he looked up, he saw Qin Kou'er sitting next to him, looking at him smugly.

"Now tell me, do you like me or not?" Qin Kou'er really had a hundred ways to deal with this arrogant young master.

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Lan Linxue glared fiercely at Qin Kou'er, then turned her head awkwardly to the side and muttered under her breath, "Who would like such a treacherous woman?"

Qin Kou'er listened intently. Her eyebrows shot up, and she exclaimed, "You don't like it, huh? Fine! I'll go marry someone else right now!"

As she spoke, Qin Kou'er made a move to turn around and get out of bed.

Lan Linxue immediately turned around and grabbed Qin Kou'er tightly.

"Who said I don't like it!" Lan Linxue roared angrily, her eyes wide. "Let me tell you, Qin Kou'er! You've taken advantage of me to the fullest extent. You'll see if you dare to marry someone else!"

Seeing that Lan Linxue had fallen for her trick again, Qin Kou'er couldn't help but chuckle to herself. Then she turned around and looked at Lan Linxue coldly: "Just because you didn't say you didn't like me doesn't mean you do! How can you be so awkward, a grown man like you! What's wrong with admitting you like me? Am I, Qin Kou'er, not good enough for a good-for-nothing prince like you?!"

As she spoke, Qin Kou'er sat down again, giving Lan Linxue a coquettish glare.

Lan Linxue snorted, "You know nothing! I'm not called useless, I'm called biding my time, okay? Long hair, short brains! I really don't know what's gotten into me, that I actually think you, you damn woman, would be a good wife! Humph!"

Lan Linxue grunted again, then lowered her head and frantically picked at the corner of the blanket, seemingly very angry with herself.

Qin Kou'er smiled like a little fox, leaned closer, and whispered in Lan Linxue's ear, "So if you like me, you'll definitely marry me, right?"

"Yes! I'll marry you! I'll cherish you! Okay?" Lan Linxue finally got annoyed by the questioning and turned around to shout loudly, pressing her head against Qin Kou'er.

After saying that, he immediately turned his head away in frustration.

Before Qin Kou'er could even finish her sweet, secret smile, Lan Linxue suddenly turned around and angrily planted a hard kiss on Qin Kou'er's cheek, which she couldn't dodge in time.

"Alright! Now that I've finished, it's your turn! Say you like me?"

Lan Linxue stared domineeringly at Qin Kou'er, waiting for the words she most wanted to hear.

Qin Kou'er blinked, wanting to give Lan Linxue a perfunctory reply, but when she saw Lan Linxue's expectant, bright eyes, she choked up. After a long pause, she finally managed to say, "Lan Linxue, liking you doesn't seem so easy!"

---Aside---

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